MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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